Learning | Is the training day dead?

Gone are the days of traditional classroom-based training days. Employees no longer want to sit through hours of impersonal and tiresome training, presented on miniscule whiteboards at the front of dingy meeting rooms.

Instead, they want updated training programmes that will build on their existing skills and enhance their company knowledge in a modern and stimulating way. Technology may have provided a welcome change to learning and development training, though there are discrepancies as to whether it has actually revived traditional training methods. The question remains, are traditional training days dying a slow death, or is there still a need for them?

Work training days are aimed at conveying information to help improve an employee’s performance, or to help them retain a required level of knowledge or skill, according to BusinessDictionary.com. Many experts stress the importance of these coherent training days for boosting employee engagement and arming employees with vital information that will help them to do their job faster and better.

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These training days are sector-specific and can range from annual teacher training days to regular food and beverage training in hospitality sectors. Yes, they may be useful, but are they really that important to employees?